Any one race Englistown in the 80's know this car?

Here’s the story on the car. It was bought new in 1970 by Albert Wahler and it was bought in Garwood NJ. Al brought the car home, pulled the engine and sent it to Rodger’s Speed shop (which still exists). The engine was completely rebuilt with a set of Richard Petty prepped heads and intake. It also had a .700 lift solid cam. The car supposedly ran low 10s which in 1970 was pretty fast. It was also converted to a 4 speed. The car was originally an automatic. Al made an interesting modification to the car. Because of the solid lift cam and the need to adjust the valves and the problem of getting the driver side valve cover off due to the brake booster, Al moved the brake booster assembly to the radiator support and ran a long rod through the engine compartment to operate the brakes. This story was verified by the third owner who moved the booster back to its proper location.

The second owner who I am still looking for (and hope you can help me find) owned the car from around 1975-1980. He supposedly raced the car at Englishtown and possibly Atco. He lived in Belleville NJ and was pretty young when he bought the car from Al Wahler. Al’s son Keith, told me his dad was concerned selling the car to a guy that young because of the horsepower and his fear that he would kill himself or wreck the car.

Modifications that we know this young man made to the car include in stalling a fiberglass hood (probably a T/A hood), and he opened up the rear wheel wells for larger tires. Given that the car was a 4 speed at the time, I would guess he overreved the engine at some point and blew the motor.

This young man converted the car back to a street car sometime around 1980 including installation of new lower quarters. The third owner purchased it around 1980. The third owner could not remember who it was he bought the car from but did believe the guy was from Belleville NJ.

Given that the car was beige with a tan interior and a 4 speed at the time, I would think someone active in the race scene in 1975-1979 from northern NJ would remember the car. We know it had a fiberglass hood because 4 hood pin holes were located in the engine compartment.

Ray, could you ask around and see if any of your buddies might recognize the car or perhaps they could pass on the story to their friends and see if the car sounds familiar to them? I think the brake booster modification was very unique and would be something easily remembered.